Assets & Structured Finance Associate

This international law firm are seeking a talented Associate to join their growing assets and structured finance practice based in London.

About the Team

• The team have knowledge advising on complex disputes and transactions through local knowledge and an integrated international network.
• They have a strong sector focus, combining technical excellence with deep industry knowledge across energy, transport and associated infrastructure.
• The team is particularly strong in London, New York, Paris, Greece and Hamburg, which enables them to advise on all aspects of cross-border asset financings between the respective jurisdictions.

With one of the largest dedicated asset finance legal practices in the world, they have a presence in all the major asset finance centres and have over 100 specialist Lawyers across their international offices.

They advise on all aspects of asset financing including:

• export credit backed financing;
• syndicated and bilateral debt;
• project and asset financing;
• advising on distressed asset finance transactions;
• tax planning and structuring;
• maximising NPV benefits and minimising risk for lessees;
• reducing credit and structure risk for lessors;
• cross border leasing;
• off-balance sheet structures;
• defeasance arrangements;
• operating leases;
• sale and purchase of leasing companies;
• sale and purchase of lease and shipping portfolios;
• vendor leasing documentation including lease/rental agreements and programme agreements receivables financing;
• currency swaps and other hedging arrangements;
• asset sale and purchase;
• insurance issues.

About You

• Must be a qualified Solicitor in England & Wales (or another common-law jurisdiction) with 4-7 years of relevant and high quality post-qualification experience in maritime finance or commercial shipping contracts.
• You should have relevant and significant experience of acting on major, multi-party transactions, domestically or internationally or both.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your resume, transcript and writing sample.Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Elliott Dymond for a confidential discussion.

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*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful